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My Childhood Home

Lenten Reflections #14

Wire clothesline wooden clothespins

woodpile and kindling ready to burn

creaking hallway floor – same spot 47 years

sandy-brown dusty shoes

metal-tooth rake leaning on a Piñon tree

sandhill cranes honking – corn!

spanglish

airstream lines criss-cross brightest of blue skies

warm blistered tortillas

red chile drying

weeds

apricot, peach, cherry blossoms, late frost?

church bulletins and newspapers

dining room table legs imprinting the carpet

Tide

dance recital and high school photos hanging askew

fireplace roaring, no matter the season

tomatoes, so many tomatoes

a grapefruit knife

a landline

What I learned:

Home is always home.

“May you always be blessed with walls for the wind, a roof for the rain, a warm cup of tea by the fire, laughter to cheer you, those you love near you, and all that your heart might desire”.

-Irish Proverb

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